Dear IALLT Members:
We are currently planning a technology strand for this conference and 
welcome your proposals for helping new teachers or inservice teachers 
learn how to implement effective language instruction aided by 
technology. I also would like to hear your suggestions on setting up a 
technology room at the conference. What tools would you include in such 
a room that would be of most interest to language teacher educators? 
This conference is for BOTH ESL/EFL teachers AND World Language teachers.
-Jill Robbins

Conference Invitation and Call for Papers Sixth International Conference 
on Language Teacher Education: Preparing Language Teachers for the 21st 
Century

May 28 - 30, 2009, Washington, DC, USA

Designed for practitioners and researchers involved in the preparation 
and ongoing professional development of language teachers, LTE 2009 will 
address the education of teachers of all languages, at all instructional 
and institutional levels, and in the many national and international 
contexts in which this takes place, including: - foreign/modern/world 
language teaching; - bilingual education; - immersion education; - 
indigenous and minority language education; and - the teaching of less 
commonly taught languages.

The conference aims to bring together teacher educators from these 
contexts to discuss and share research, theory, and best practices and 
to initiate and sustain a meaningful professional dialogue across 
languages, levels, and settings.

Pre-Conference Workshops begin at 9 am on Thursday, May 28, 2009. The 
Opening Reception begins at 5 pm on Thursday, May 28, 2009.

Deadline for Submissions: December 31, 2008

The conference will focus on four broad themes:

Theme I: The Knowledge Base of Language Teacher Education Theme II: 
Social, Cultural, and Political Contexts of Language Teacher Education 
Theme lll: Collaborations in Language Teacher Education Theme IV: 
Practices in Language Teacher Education Plenary Speakers:

Second Language Teacher Education in Times of Change: Jack Richards, The 
Regional Language Centre Teacher Cognition and Communicative Language 
Teaching: Simon Borg, University of Leeds The Moral Lives of Teacher 
Educators: Bill Johnston, Indiana University A Sociocultural Perspective 
on Language Teacher Education: Karen Johnson, Pennsylvania State University

Types of Sessions:

Symposia (2 hours): Paper Sessions (25-minute papers) Discussion 
Sessions (55 minutes) Poster Sessions (60 Minutes)

More than one proposal per presenter will be accepted. For more 
information and to submit a proposal, please come to: 
http://nclrc.org/lte2009/index.html

To contact us: [log in to unmask] or call (202) 973-1086

LTE 2009 -- Advisory Committee

Anna U. Chamot, Chair, The George Washington University Marty Abbott, 
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages James Alatis, 
Georgetown University Martha Bigelow, University of Minnesota Jodi 
Crandall, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Jennifer Eddy, 
National Association of District Supervisors of Foreign Language Rod 
Ellis, University of Auckland, New Zealand Mary Futrell, The George 
Washington University Joel Gomez, The George Washington University 
Frederick Jackson, National Foreign Language Center Catharine Keatley, 
NCLRC Meg Malone, Center for Applied Linguistics Rebecca Oxford, 
University of Maryland, College Park Jill Robbins, Georgetown 
University, NCLRC Marcia Rosenbusch, Iowa State University Elaine 
Tarone, University of Minnesota

Sponsored by: The National Capital Language Resource Center

Georgetown University The George Washington University The Center for 
Applied Linguistics

and

The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition University of 
Minnesota

LINKS:

View Call for Papers & Pre-Conference Workshops: 
http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?6X,M3,f3e9b815-a090-44a7-aeb7-394c846fb543

Visit the LTE 2009 Conference Website: 
http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?5S,M3,f3e9b815-a090-44a7-aeb7-394c846fb543

Register for LTE 2009:
http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?4W,M3,f3e9b815-a090-44a7-aeb7-394c846fb543

Having trouble with the link? Simply copy and paste the entire address 
listed below into your web browser:
http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?6X,M3,f3e9b815-a090-44a7-aeb7-394c846fb543



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